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Thyroid hormones play a very important role in regulating your cardiovascular system. For this reason, thyroid hormone imbalance, whether hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism, can lead to negative affects on your heart and blood vessels. In the general population, many people have heart problems that turn out to be related to a thyroid disorder. Research has shown that even sub clinical thyroid disease or low grade thyroid hormone imbalance can cause heart issues. Severe hypothyroidism can cause significant cardiac problems such as heart blocks, pericardial effusion, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. Hypothyroidism can also cause the heart muscle to stiffen up,...

Caring for Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis for autoimmunity related thyroid disease should not be limited to using thyroid medications to keep thyroid hormone levels in a perfect range. It should also include other means to keep thyroid cells as healthy as possible and making the immune system, which is the root of the problem, less reactive. Taking a well-balanced thyroid supplement program providing the ingredients necessary to promote health to the thyroid gland and support to the immune system, as an adjunct to medication is an important component of Dr. Arem’s Thyroid Wellness Program. The supplement program includes three supplements which, when...

A hemithyroidectomy is the surgical removal of only one of the thyroid lobes. Research says that post-operative hypothyroidism (hypothyroidism caused by the operation) develops in 5.6-48.9% of patients who undergo this procedure, and is actually the most common complication seen of the surgical procedure. Post-operative hypothyroidism, both low-grade and overt, occur because when one of the lobes is removed,  the remaining lobe cannot compensate after the absence of the other lobe. As a result, thyroid hormone levels go down. Studies have shown that treating with levothyroxine often corrects hypothyroidism that occurs post-operatively. In some cases, this type of hypothyroidism is short...